Search and rescue personnel from Wyoming’s Teton Range used their specialized helicopter to pick a deceased trail runner’s body off a Front Range mountain Thursday.
The 31-year-old Boulder man’s body had remained on the steep, loose western face of Arikaree Peak since Aug. 28.
Colorado rescue teams made two attempts at recovering the man’s body in the days following his fall, but called off the effort due to extreme safety risks to their own personnel.
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Those Colorado teams contacted Teton County Search and Rescue early last week. A Teton crew joined a pair of Jenny Lake Climbing Rangers from Grand Teton National Park and flew in TCSAR’s Airbus A-Star helicopter to Granby on Wednesday.
Thursday, with guidance from the Grand County Search and Rescue, the copter lowered crew members onto the mountain with a longer cable.
